Category: Rwanda

Update on First BioNTainer for African-based mRNA Manufacturing Facility

BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, “BioNTech”) reached the next milestone in the establishment of scalable mRNA vaccine production in Africa. The six ISO-sized shipping containers for the first BioNTainer have been flown to Kigali, Rwanda, where they have been welcomed by Sabin Nsanzimana, M.D., Ph.D., the Minister of Health of Rwanda and Sierk Poetting, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer at BioNTech. Media material from today’s arrival of the containers and their unloading at Kigali International Airport is available here. In parallel, BioNTech […]

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2025 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Road World Championships in Rwanda

Union Cycliste Internationale and Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa join forces to develop African riders Selected athletes will then be able to train at the UCI WCC in Switzerland or elsewhere in Europe where they will gain appropriate race experience over the next three years The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) (https://AfricaOlympic.com) are delighted to announce that they have joined forces to develop cycling on the African continent in […]

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Rwanda’s Renus Uhiriwe: “I really hope that I will be at the 2025 World Championships”

Amidst his preparations for the race, Renus took the time to tell us a bit more about himself and his hopes for the future 20-year-old Renus Uhiriwe is currently preparing to race the upcoming Tour du Rwanda for the national team ahead of travelling to Europe and linking up with his Italian-based UCI Continental Team Qhubeka (www.TeamQhubeka.com) squad. He treads a familiar path for talented young riders from Africa, as they look to first make their mark at home and […]

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Water project improves quality of life, halts school abstention rate in Rwanda

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Beatrice Icyimanaizanye considers it a miracle that she no longer has to walk more than 6 km in search of water. She can now fetch it almost at her doorstep. She is overjoyed as she narrates how a project funded by the African Development Bank has enabled her community in Tumba village in Rwanda’s Rulindo district to access safe and clean water. “Before the water supply system was completed in this village, life was very difficult, especially for mothers like […]

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